The book is finally, officially for sale and available at all your favorite book sellers…even Target, who knew? Although I have published 6 other books this is the first one that I have self-published, thanks to my supporter from Kickstarter. The benefits, mmmm, I am still try to navigate this new world. One of the things I am learning is that I need your help to get the word out.
Bought the Book? Send me a photo of the book where you live or are visiting.
I am conduction my first interview on Monday with a write from Cleveland Magazine. Wish me luck, I believe the article will be out before my meet and greet at Mac’sBacks Bookstore on Coventry.
April 12th, 2023 has been designated by Amazon as the day my book will be available to the public. The hardback version will be available May 4th 2023. That will be about 12 years from when I wrote the first sentence and began this long arduous journey to completing my first novel. Now I am using all my skills and experience as a freelancer for the last 40 years to be sure it receives the proper sendoff, which all my freelance friends know it is a Herculean task. What I have also learned is that it is no an isolated task. For the book Leaving Cleveland to reach a larger audience I need to ask for your help.
If you have read this far, thank you. I know when the word ” help” used, people either run for the hills or hopefully curiosity keeps them engaged. The help I am asking is very simple and will not take much of your time and is even sort of fun.
If you have my book take a photo of the book in your enviroment and send it to me. I am creating a sort of ” Where’s Waldo” series to help promote the book. You do not have to be in the photo and I will not publish your full name only the city or town where it was photographed. See Samples below.
If you read the book and really liked it go to your favorite book seller’s site and write a review and/or rate it …I do have one review on Amazon…and need about 1,000 more.
Tell your friends about the book and if you are in a book club suggest it to your club.
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One final note: I was contacted by the Denver Barnes and Noble to do a book signing in June. I think the day will be June 17th 2023….and when I know for sure I will let you know ….
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This is an excerpt from my final Kickstarter campaign update:
It is hard to believe this part of the journey is over but a new one begins. It is now time to promote the book, the best I can and if you would be so kind you can help.
You can tell your friends about the book , personally or through social media. Once you have read the book please reveiw the book on Amazon; GoodReads; Barnes and Noble and whereever you buy your books. If you know of any book clubs or are a part of one suggest this book for a reading.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or ideas. I will be in Cleveland Heights on April 27th at book signing at Mac’s Back Book Store click on thislink for the details. It will be fun and sort of home coming. I will post images from the event on Facebook or my blog www.leavingcleveland.blog
I suggest you subscribe to my blog for the latest updates. I will be doing a signing in couple weeks in Denver for the Society for Photo Educators, my first signing.
In May, I will be officially part of the Jewish Book Councilwhich means my book will be featured on their site and I will have a permanent Author page on their site. They recieve over 500,000 viewer a years and have a subscribtion of over 60,000 readers. There might even be an opportunity for me to book tour through them.
As I have said from the very beginning this would never have happened without your generous support. Thank you Thank you Thank you for helping me and, to be corny, make my dream come true.
I feel like I am running a marathon and they keep moving the finish line. Most of the anxiety is anticipating the arrival of my book in the mail. It was suppose to arrive on Friday, today is Saturday, but was delayed and now the arrival date is Tuesday. That said, everything is moving in the right direction. The book can now be preordered on Amazon or Bookbaby or any of your favorite bookseller.
Here is something I learned about selling books on Amazon….it is about the click . So even if you don’t purchase the book if you click on it on their site, Amazon keeps track of the clicks. The more clicks the book receives, the higher the ranking of the book and the more books they will have in stock for immediate shipment. So PlEASE check my book on AMAZON.
One other exciting piece of news is that I have been accepted into the Jewish Book Council with my book Leaving Cleveland. What that means is I will be put on their roster of Authors and might even be selected to go on books tours later this year to talk about my book. They have a membership of 70,000 dedicated readers. I am still in the process and will talk about this more, later.
I will be doing 2 book appearance. The first one is in Denver at the Society of Photographic Educators conference on the 18th of March. I am still waiting on the details and will put in in my next post. The second book appearance will be in Cleveland Heights on April 20th atMac’sBack Book Store from 5 to 7.
There are a couple of other things I am waiting to hear about, one is that Cleveland Magazine is interested on writing an article about my book. I have sent them the E-Book and am awaiting to hear from the writer. The other is a long shot, but the Cultural Editor of NPR asked me to send her my book, “to take a look.” So a lot of exciting things happening and keeping my fingers crossed.
Finally for all my Kickstarter supports, As soon as receive the books in the next two weeks, I will be signing and sending them on to you….hang in there.
Off to take a walk but please share and subscribe to this newsletter for the latest updates .
I wanted to share my exciting news that my book Leaving Cleveland is off the final Proof Reader. What does that mean? It is the first step to publishing my book. If there aren’t any major issues I should get the copy back mid January and will send the corrected manuscript and art work/cover to the printer.
Of course there are many potential setbacks to delay the final printing but as it stands the final book should be printed and out in the market by March. I wanted to give a big should out to Saudamini Siegrist for doing the final edit and really making this book shine. Fortunately I have a patient nature and it really helped moving this project along. It always takes longer than you think but my mantra has has always been ” make this the best possible book regardless of the time it takes to complete.”
The First Step to Publishing a Book:
Leaving Cleveland Proofreading
Congratulations on taking the first step on your publishing journey. Our editing team is now working on your supplied files. If we have any questions we’ll contact you. Otherwise we’ll send you an email in 10-12 business days alerting you that your editing project is complete and that your edited files are available for download in your BookBaby account
As I had mentioned in the past book cover is not final and once the proof reading is complete I will send my art work to professional designers to create the book cover and design the book. My next post will be the actual book cover. So please subscribe and share.
Leaving Cleveland 